MIG 15
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The MiG-15 was not derived from the Ta 183. There's no need to repeat this well-known myth here.
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But it was derived from what jet now ?
Saab 29 Tunnan ?
Saab 29 Tunnan - Wikipedia
It was started in 1945.
Mig-15 flew with reverse engineered BMW 003:
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I thought it was a reverse engineered RR Nene centrifugal engine !
I thought so too...it was Mig-9 that used reverse engineered BMW 003s.
Sorry and thank you.
Yak-15 and 17 used Jumo 004 reverse engineered.
The Soviets' Surprising Stopgap Jet Fighter
Yakovlev’s simple approach to developing the Soviet Union’s first jet fighter worked remarkably well. As World War II drew to a close, all the major
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Original development (except for the engine). Some elements from the MiG-9 and I-270.
Doesn't it matter to you that the MiG-15's maiden flight took place nine month earlier?
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What's your take on the suggestion of development being influenced by the Pulqui II (itself a HeS 011/Ta 183 derivative)?
No because Tunnan was started in 1945.Original development (except for the engine). Some elements from the MiG-9 and I-270.
Doesn't it matter to you that the MiG-15's maiden flight took place nine month earlier?
Where do you think they got the swept wings on it ?
I-270 was nothing like it.
Mikoyan-Gurevich I-270 - Wikipedia
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